The Metropolitan Museum of Art Returns Ancient Works of Art to the Republic of Italy and Spain
Three of the works being returned—a fragmentary terracotta column-krater (bowl for
The Julio-Claudians were Roman nobles with an impressive ancestry, but their fondness for the ideals and lifestyle of the old aristocracy created conflicts of interest and duty.
Marble head of a deity wearing a Dionysiac fillet Roman ca. 14–68 CE Marble calyx-krater
[By 1964 and until 1973, with Herbert Cahn, Basel]; 1973, purchased by Rosemary and George Lois from Herbert Cahn; 1973-2010, collection of Rosemary and George Lois, New York; on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1973, 1992, and 1999; acquired in 2010, purchased from Rosemary and George Lois through Bobbie Entwistle of Entwistle London
–A.D. 1 Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Attributed to
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Age,“ are a beautiful marble Cycladic seated harp player and a Mycenaean chariot krater
–A.D. 1 Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Attributed to Polygnotos
–A.D. 1 Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Attributed to Polygnotos
Herakles, the Greek hero of superhuman strength, was the son of the Greek god Zeus and Alkmene.
hydria: kalpis (water jar) Nausicaä Painter ca. 460–450 BCE Terracotta calyx-krater
“Following a period of sporadic incursions and large movements of people, demographic and economic changes in the eighth century B.C. lead to overseas colonization, spreading Greek language and culture across the Mediterranean and Black seas. Communities throughout the Greek world evolve into city-states, laying the foundations for democracy. Literature, science, and the arts flourish for several centuries, and new genres of artistic and intellectual expression evolve.”
CLOSE Bronze man and centaur More Terracotta krater
–A.D. 1 Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Attributed to
Gallery 155 Gorgoneion (Gorgon’s face) Ergotimos and Kleitias signed a large volute-krater
